its a whaling ship. The Japanese use the word Research as a figleaf to cover their whale hunting. Whale hunting is allowed under treaty if its being done for "scientific research." The definition of research is so broad that almost full scale hunting can fit within the definition.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, who thinks this was a deliberate collision? > > http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/01/06/lah.japan.whaling.ship.collision.cnn > > It looks to me like the big boat purposefully turns and runs down the small > boat. > > I know that the people in the small boat are probably pains in the butt, but > I don't think this is acceptable. > > (Nor do I think that the Japanese lying about "research" is an acceptable > fig leaf for whale hunting. If you have the balls to do it, have the balls > to admit you are doing it. Cowards, the lot of them) > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:310091 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
